Anthony Cutler, Evan Pugh Professor of Art History, has been appointed a professorial research associate in the Department of the History of Art and Archaeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, for a two-year term in 2015-17.

The recent slowdown in climate warming is due, at least in part, to natural oscillations in the climate, according to a team of climate scientists, who add that these oscillations represent variability internal to the climate system. They do not signal any slowdown in human-caused global warming.

Three Security and Risk Analysis (SRA) students from the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) will present their research on human trafficking networks at the 13th annual Undergraduate Research at the Capitol -- Pennsylvania (URC-PA) Conference on March 3.

Fifty years ago, WPSU-TV went on the air for the first time. Students and teachers who turned on their televisions for the initial broadcast watched “Saludos Amigos,” an introductory Spanish class aimed at schoolchildren across central Pennsylvania.

Impoverished families in western Honduras stand to benefit from a new project aimed at improving access to that country's markets for high-value horticultural crops. Researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences have received a nearly $1.4 million grant to perform a gender-based analysis of the Honduran horticultural value chain, with an eye toward reducing barriers to participation for women and other marginalized groups, while enhancing family income and nutrition.

Scholars, artists, educators and others interested in improving the gender balance of Wikipedia entries on women and the arts are invited to participate in an edit-a-thon from noon to 5 p.m. on March 7, in 207 Arts Cottage (Judy Chicago Suite) on the University Park campus.

A free public lecture titled "Using Relativity to Discover Planets" by Jason Wright, assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State, will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 21, in 100 Thomas Building on the Penn State University Park campus.

Mitch Cohen ’81 ACCTG, vice chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC (PwC), said during a one-on-one interview that research for his recently released book changed his outlook on individuals and opportunities.

Eduardo Navas, visiting assistant professor of art, researches and explores the creative and political role of recyclability and remix in art, media and culture. His production includes art and media projects, critical texts, and curatorial projects. Recently, Navas co-authored The Routledge Companion to Remix Studies, which comprises contemporary texts by key authors and artists who are active in the emerging field of remix studies.

The explosive growth in big data has enabled researchers and scientists in many fields to harness information that has the potential to change the way governments, organizations, and academic institutions conduct business and make discoveries. The massive amounts of data that are being generated, however, require sophisticated algorithms, techniques and software tools to make that information useful. A new interdisciplinary center at Penn State seeks to leverage the talents of researchers across the University as part of a joint effort to maximize the potential of big data.